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E-Live Auction 5  27 Sep 2022
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Lot 401

Estimate: 125 GBP
Price realized: 80 GBP
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Satraps of Sparda (Achaemenid Ionia and Lydia), Spithridates Æ 11mm. Circa 334 BC. Head of satrap to right, wearing Persian headdress / Forepart of horse to right; monogram to upper left; ΣΠ-I below. Babelon, Perses 380; SNG Copenhagen 1538; SNG von Aulock 1823; Klein 367. 1.28g, 11mm, 5h.

Good Very Fine; well-preserved for the type.

From the Italo Vecchi Collection;
Ex Marnix Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 78, 17 December 2020, lot 507.

While under Achaemenid Persian control, the lands of Ionia and Lydia were administered together by the Satrap of Sparda, a position held by Spithridates under Darios III.
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